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There are many uncertainties in the world, but here’s one thing we know for sure – progress has been made on the foreclosure front. Foreclosure inventory in the Atlanta-area housing market plummeted 48 percent year-over-year in February, according to the
Our local market has made quite a bit of progress since 2011, but it still hasn’t reached the promised land. Housing bubble talk has grown strangely common the last few months, what with home prices nationally posting double-digit increases from where
In the last four years, the U.S. apartment vacancy rate has been cut in half; what’s happened at the local level? Reis, Inc. released its latest report on the nation’s rental markets yesterday, and it featured a stunning statistic:
Home prices continued their ascent in February, according to the latest index from CoreLogic. Home prices in the Atlanta area increased 16.7 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic. That yearly total was
$1 million is a great deal of money…or is it? How much does $1 million really buy you in today’s real estate markets? How much housing does $1 million really buy you? That was the question behind a recent
Housing inventory has been a most blue of topics for our local market, but have things finally turned around? We keep hearing reports that the nation’s housing inventory has turned the corner, but how true is that in our
We keep hearing about the nation’s residential construction market, but what about our local market? The nation’s residential construction market has been receiving (justly, we should add) quite a bit of attention from analysts and housing professionals alike, and
It was a grand month for home prices in the Atlanta area, according to the latest Case-Shiller. January was a most contradictory month for home prices in the Atlanta area, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &
Economic inequality is surging just about everywhere; how could that impact the local housing market? Income inequality has become a major news item in recent months, and for good reason – by almost every economic measure, inequality has increased
Smith Douglas, a 40-year-old veteran of the home building industry, is pleased to announce the launch of SDC Realty. The new realty company will exclusively market the new home listings for Smith Douglas and represent communities in Cherokee, Forsyth,
Median time on market was way out of whack during the years of the downturn; has it finally turned the corner? Time on market has been among the most oft-watched measures of the housing recovery, and new numbers from
With its final building currently under construction, Jim Chapman Communities will finish the last of its 140 homes in Brookhaven at Sugarloaf in May 2014. These homes will offer award winning floor plans and amenities priced from the $280,000s.
Rockhaven Homes, the premier builder of intown Atlanta homes, has announced its newest communities in the highly sought after city of Dunwoody. Falkirk and Woodall Preserve offer modern 4-5 bedroom brick homes on spacious lots in private communities. Located just
About Sales, Inc’s Stonecrest Homes are off to a successful start this year. In January alone, the builder welcomed a new model home at The Springs in Sterling on the Lake in Flowery Branch and as well hosted a
How did the Atlanta area’s real estate market look in February, based on the latest ABR measurements? The median sales price for single-family homes in the 11-county Atlanta area rose 16.9 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest
Property values in Atlanta continued to increase in February, according to the latest numbers. Home values have been rising steadily in many metropolitan housing markets, but did that progress end in February? Take a look at our graph, which